NAACP Santa Rosa-Sonoma

📣 **NAACP 101: Lunch & Learn — TODAY!**

Curious about the NAACP? New to the branch? Or have you been a member for years but want to better understand **how it all works?**

Join us **today, Monday, August 17 at 12 PM via Zoom** for **NAACP 101**, a Lunch & Learn designed for prospective, new, and longtime members!

We’ll talk about the NAACP’s mission, how our local branch operates, ways to get involved, and how membership connects to the larger movement for civil rights and community impact.

🥪 Bring your lunch.
💻 Join us on Zoom.
✊🏾 Bring your questions!

**Whether you’re curious about joining or ready to deepen your involvement, this workshop is for you!**

📊 The data is here. Now, what do we do with it?

Our State of Black Opportunity: 2026 Sonoma County Black Community Equity Scorecard briefing takes a deeper look at what the data tells us about education, economic mobility, housing, and opportunity for Black residents in Sonoma County—and where we go from here.

🎥 Missed the conversation? Watch the full briefing on our website or YouTube channel and learn how we can turn data into accountability, partnership, and action.

Measure opportunity. Reveal inequity. Advance change.

🎒✨ Over 150 backpacks have found their homes!

Thanks to the incredible generosity of our Sonoma County community, we were able to help more than 150 students begin the school year equipped for success. 💙💚

To every donor, volunteer, partner, teacher, administrator, and community member who helped make this possible—THANK YOU!

📚✏️ To our students: Have a GREAT school year! Keep learning, growing, dreaming, and thriving!

Together, We Serve. Together, We Thrive.

🎒✨ Great news, Sonoma County—we have MORE backpacks to give!
Thanks to incredible community generosity, students can stop by The H.I.V.E. August 10–14, from 11:00 AM–4:30 PM to pick up a free backpack while supplies last. Teachers and administrators are also welcome to pick up backpacks for their students! 💙💚

No sign-ups required—just come by and help us get more students ready for a successful school year! 📚✏️

We have been busy this month and we are just getting started!

Join us: https://naacpsantarosasonomaco.org/events/

💙💚 THANK YOU, SONOMA COUNTY! 🎒✨

We are overwhelmed with gratitude for the incredible generosity that helped us serve so many local families and students through our Back-to-School Backpack Giveaway! Your donations, support, and commitment to community made a meaningful difference.

Because of your generosity, we had an abundance of supplies and backpacks to share—and we’re not done yet! 🙌🏾

✨ Stay tuned for PART TWO! ✨

This is what community looks like. This is service in action. Together, we serve. Together, we thrive.

We greatly appreciate all who stopped by today's Backpack Giveaway!

Together, we were able to ensure students in our community begin the school year with confidence, dignity, and the tools they need to succeed. Be sure to follow us for more updates on future community giveaways and events.

https://naacpsantarosasonomaco.org/events/

⏰ THE TIME IS NOW.

Not next year.
Not after graduation.
Not when someone gives you permission.

Right now.

If you're in 8th–12th grade, your ideas matter.
Your voice matters.
Your leadership matters.

Join students from across Sonoma County for the NAACP Youth Leadership Meet & Greet and discover what happens when young people come together to build community and create change.

✨ Meet new people.
✨ Find your place.
✨ Learn how to make an impact.
✨ Become part of something bigger than yourself.

📅 Sunday, August 9
🕑 2:00–3:30 PM
📍 The H.I.V.E.
1401 Fourth Street, Santa Rosa

Bring a friend.

The future isn't waiting.

The Time Is NOW.

We are just 2 days away from our Backpack Giveaway! Did you miss the special office hours for donations today? You can still donate tomorrow from 10:30am-5pm.

You can also donate by buying from our Amazon Gift List: https://www.amazon.com/registries/gl/guest-view/106N3M7U8A9Y7?ref_=cm_sw_r_cp_ud_ggr-subnav-share_RMFN0CTZXM71DV6K4M89

Please share!